'Survivor: Blood vs. Water' contestant Caleb Bankston died Tuesday when a train he was on derailed.
Survivor: Blood vs. Water contestant Caleb Bankston died Tuesday in a freak railroad accident.
Bankston, who worked at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham, was on a train when it derailed, according to People. Beyond that, not much is known about the accident.
Related: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Star Dies at 98
Bankston, 26, was on Survivor in 2013 along with his fiance Colton Cumbie. The couple ended the game in ninth place.
"Caleb was an amazing man and friend," contestant Aras Baskauskas told People. "One of the sweetest and most sincere humans I've ever come across. I am gutted by his loss. My thoughts and prayers are with his family."
News of Bankston's death has spread across the web, and has shaken the Survivor community, with a number of former contestants tweeting condolences.
Bankston is the...
Survivor: Blood vs. Water contestant Caleb Bankston died Tuesday in a freak railroad accident.
Bankston, who worked at the Alabama Warrior Railway in Birmingham, was on a train when it derailed, according to People. Beyond that, not much is known about the accident.
Related: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Star Dies at 98
Bankston, 26, was on Survivor in 2013 along with his fiance Colton Cumbie. The couple ended the game in ninth place.
"Caleb was an amazing man and friend," contestant Aras Baskauskas told People. "One of the sweetest and most sincere humans I've ever come across. I am gutted by his loss. My thoughts and prayers are with his family."
News of Bankston's death has spread across the web, and has shaken the Survivor community, with a number of former contestants tweeting condolences.
Bankston is the...
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